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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-02-05, Page 3wrap up School reopens after (asbestos (scare GODERICH - Students of Goderich Collegiate Institute re- turned to school Monday to be- gln their second semester, a day later than expected. Pupils were to return Friday, but the school was closed after an asbestos scare. Defective steam -pipe insulation was dis- covered when workers were re- placing a ceiling, • and removed' on the weekend. The Huron County board of education has been removing as- bestos and installing new insula- tion at 17 of its schools. Youth dies in crash CLINTON - A charge of care- less driving has been laid against a 17 -year-old female in came - tion with an accident which took the life of a grade 11 student at Central Huron Secondary School Friday. Jonathon Pouer, 16, of Lon- desboro, died after he was thrown from a car which rolled over several times in a ditch on Huron County Road 8 in Hullett Township. He wasn't wearing a ,seatbelt. Five teenagers, including the driver, were treated at Clinton Public Hospital for minor inju- ries and released. Their identi- ties were withheld by police be- cause the driver was charged but can't be named under the Young Offenders Act. • Expansion frozen at St. Mars plant ST. YS - Expansion ST. YS - Expansion to the Hayes Dana auto part manu- facturing plant south of St. Mar- ys has been placed on hold be- cause of provincial government polices, according to company president Tom Dauilo. The plant employs some 190 people and is one of 20 Hayes Dana facilities located in Cana- da. The company manufactures First council re-enacted' BLTYH - To help celebrate Huron's Sesquicentennial, the county is hosting "The Session of 1842" on Saturday, February 8 beginning at 8 p.m. at the Blyth Memorial Hall. The production is a re- enactment of the fust council session and features students se- lected from the county's five secondary schools. Admission for the event is free an an informal reception will follow the play. Skid dog racing main event of fust Winter Carnival weekend GRAND BEND - The most popular spot in Oh owner of the province tiltia week ud will be Oland Bend as its animal Winter Carnival epees for an- other celebridon of snow in the lake ids resort. Some 15,000 people attended last yaws carnival, explains chdrmttn Dave Sheppard, but dmis yew that number is expected to swell to 18,000, or even more. With -only a few. days -remaining -to-firm -tip-ar rtngemonts for the first weekends events, Sheppard described the situation as somewhat "scary". With 13 snow -sculpting team expected from. around the world, he worries that the blocks f snow might not be ready in time or if there will be room for them all. He also worries about ging the Mexican team across the border "with a uitcase of knives, machetes, axes and saws". Di ssions with Cana- dian -govemment oificialis rake, hum -feel -only alit- . tle better. Otherwise, he predicts "the snow sculpting this year is going to be fantastic". There will be nine Canadian teams, two American, the Mexicans, and an English calm. "Because .it's truly international we have to take another step and -provide -flagpoles for each of the competitors," he said. However, the international snow -sculpting is to be the highlight of the second weekend of- the Winter Carnival. This weekend, that honour will be taken by the sled dog derby, which this year has received official sanctioning by the International Sled Dog Racing Association. Last year's effort to literally scrape together enough snow to finally bring a sled dog race to the Grand Bend Carnival was not wasted, confirms Sheppard. "Racers will excuse you for cancelling two years in a row. but if you cancel the third year, they write j►OU off." he mild But far from written off, the racers enjoyed last years event so much that ISDRA sanctioning was granted and $3,500 is now up for grabs as prize money for "some heavy hitters in the sled dog world", making Grand Bend the second largest sled -0 dog event in Ontario. --champien-feur-dog and-eightdeg-teamswill -be in the mmning in the Pinery Park on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, including Terri Killim of Massachusetts who is the current eight -dog world champion. Most importantly, the weather looks fa- vourable: About 40 teams are expected from all over Onta- rio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and Sas- katoon. Even more may arrive if the weather is gam• _ The first weekend of the carnival also includes events catering to more local interests, such as Fri- day evening's fashion show, snow -pitch and snow - golf tournaments, and the sequel to last year's live comedy show: As the Bend re -Turns Saturday after- noon. A new event in this year's carnival line-up is a seniors day on Thursday Feb 3, featuring en- tertainment in the afternoon, fol ow by an eve- ning dimer/dance more to the taste o the more ma- ture generation. Jim Swan of TV London will be hosting the event. For the rest of triose finding out "Winter's a Beach" the official Winter Carnival alcoholic bever- age, the Blizzard, is slated to return to the village's bars, and there will be souvenir sweatshirts and hats galore to wear to the more than 40 events planned over the two-week span. Dave Sheppard, Winter Camival chairman, says the sled dog races this weekend are put- ting Grand Bend on the map, internationally. Labour relations reform meeting Continued from front page riding association and spoke in fa- vour of the legislation, even though she prefers working in a smaller, non -unionized environ- ment Bolton said a trend of the 1990s will be a bRfrring of the division between management and labour, much as there is at HELP. She said a stronger collective bargaining process will free the government from legislating peo- ple back to work, and stronger rights to organize unions will offer .g voice for people such as the im- migrant workers in large hotels in urban centres. She said the provincial govern- ment also needs. to be more re- sponsive to the needs of smaller communities such as Huron County, when a layoff of less than 50 people does not qualify for fund- ing for retrainhng programs. Klapp, in his closing remarks, said it was interesting that more than just the Act was discussed that afternoon, but "the entire process". 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